DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) announces the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's investigational device exemption application to start ...

The Impella heart pump is a small pump that a healthcare professional can insert without surgery. It can help maintain blood flow in people who have CAD, are recovering from cardiogenic shock, or are ...

isa Cardillo, then 36, and her husband were celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary and had just checked into a bed-and-breakfast when she felt a burning, stabbing pain in her chest. She was having ...

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DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) announces the achievement of two milestones in the development of small bore access for the Impella heart pump. The Impella ECP heart pump has ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. - For 38 years, Ron Rovito has been a fixture in New York high school football, but the physical activity wasn't enough to prevent heart disease. Rovito had his first heart attack in ...

A new high-tech help for young heart patients has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Doctors say this will allow them to save more lives, an important milestone as we kick off ...

Several studies show that the use of percutaneous ventricular assist devices (PVADs), including Impella, is particularly cost-effective in cases of cardiogenic shock: Several studies, including ...

Certain Automated Impella Controllers (AICs), the main control interface for the Impella catheter (Abiomed/Johnson & Johnson MedTech), should not be used after another issue potentially affecting pump ...

The labeling for several mechanical circulatory support devices is under a sweeping class I recall due to the risk of left ventricle perforations, the FDA announced Wednesday. While not subject to a ...

The Impella XR sheath is a low-profile sheath that expands and recoils, allowing for small bore access and closure with the Impella 2.5 heart pump. It inserts at 10 French (Fr) and the flexible, ...